hightail

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There was only one thing to do - hightail my ass out of there.

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  1. intransitive verb To go as fast as possible, especially in fleeing: hightailed out of town.
  2. idiom hightail it To hurry or flee.

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  • NPR lovers with weird haircuts, skinny jeans and fixed-wheel bicycles, hightail it to —  NBC San Diego - News Top Stories
  • Hey jason Im tired of this constant turmoil Where should i hightail it to?
  • But the young widow had barely told him to hightail it off her property before going into labor. —  RR@H Novel Thoughts & Book Talk
  • Along with this defence comes the stability of both buyers and sellers to hightail it accurate that what erather sprog is annoying is justifiable, gentle and nontoxic. —  blogTO
  • While girls have been known to sew their own T-shirt dress creations, most just hightail it to Northgate Vintage / Material, a small shop right off of University Drive owned by A&M graduate Kellie Lewis. —  The Battalion
 

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  1. From those animals that raise their tails when fleeing.
 

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